ROUNDTRIP II: From the Alps to the Andes and vice-versa. Le Corbusier and the members of the Latin America Modern Movement

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the lecture series “ROUNDTRIP II: From the Alps  to the Andes and vice-versa” and with the subtitle “Le Corbusier and the members of the Latin American Modern Movement”, organized by ex-momo. Seven sessions on a monthly basis, presented by international researchers reflecting on some of the protagonists of the Latin American Modern Movement who have developed urban projects for the continent, contributing to the debate on the contemporary urban landscape. After the first lecture series (October-December 2020), “Roundtrip: From the Seine to the Rio de La Plata” (see more on YouTube Channel ex-momo) on…

Makers and Shakers of the Docomomo US National Symposium 2021

Docomomo International would like to share the Chicago MAKERS & SHAKERS Mart of the Docomomo US National Symposium 2021. This unofficial Symposium kickoff withe Markers & Shakers, will be held via zoom, on 24th May 2021, at 7.00 pm ET / 6.00 pm CT. “The MAKERS & SHAKERS Mart offers a few ‘Windy City’ curated delights via an online marketplace. Symposium attendees and presenters have a chance to connect with and support local businesses, artists and craftspeople, and in return, local businesses, artists and craftspeople have an opportunity to support Docomomo. The Makers & Shakers will have virtual booths during…

Seminar “What Woman? Reflexões e Práticas”

Docomomo International is pleased to share the invitation for the seminar “What Woman? Reflexões e Práticas” organized by Jorge Figueira and Patrícia Santos Pedrosa. This activity takes place within the scope of the research projects “(Eu)ropa – rise of portuguese architecture” and “W@arch.pt – arquitectas em Portugal: construção da visibilidade 1942-1986”, which will be held online,  via zoom on 13th May 2021 at 3.00 pm (GTM+1). Professor Ana Tostões, chair of Docomomo International, will be one of the speakers, together with Adriana Bebiano and Irene Pimentel. To join the meeting, please use the link: zoom.us/j/85776681112 ID: 85776681112 Password: 195951

XI Iberian Docomomo Congress – Architecture and Environment: the Mediterranean

Docomomo Ibérico Foundation announced the new dates for the XI Iberian Docomomo Congress. The congress will take place in Murcia between 15-17 September, 2021. This congress, organized jointly by the Docomomo Iberian Foundation and the Official College of Architects of the Region of Murcia, with the collaboration of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, the Ministry of Development and Infrastructure, the Ministry of Education and Culture, Asemas , Arquia and the Ordem dos Arquitectos de Portugal, is convened under the motto “Architecture and Environment: the Mediterranean”. Themes: Projects and architectural works linked by context and form with the…

European Architecture Programme 2021: Landscapes of Care

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the new “European Architecture Programme: Landscapes of Care”, organized by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe. Fundació Mies van der Rohe is a member of the pan-European platform of museums, festivals and architectural promoters Future Architecture Platform, and invites you to participate in a series of over twenty of the most significant and interconnected architectural happenings and events in Europe. Future Architecture Platform is a pan-European architecture platform to create and provide opportunities to develop the ideas of dialogue and critical thought for talented conceptual thinkers and practitioners in architecture. This year’s events under the…

Exhibition “Modernist Adelaide: 1940s–1970s

Docomomo International would like to invite you to discover the mid-century jet age of Mad Men-era Adelaide, when a new wave of modernist architecture redefined the city’s streetscapes and skyline. This exhibition of photographs by Modernist Adelaide historian and author Stuart Symons, paired with photographs from the City of Adelaide Archives Collection, celebrates some of Adelaide’s iconic modernist buildings. Stuart will also present a seminar on the rise of modernism in Adelaide, and host one of his popular Modernist Adelaide walking tours as part of the Open Doors program, where you can learn more about some of the buildings featured…

Call for Submissions: “Xenakis 22”. Centenary International Symposium

Docomomo International is pleased to share the call for submissions “Xenakis 22” for the Centenary International Symposium, which will be held between 24th and 29th May, 2022, in Athens and Nafplio, Greece. “In recent decades the study of Iannis Xenakis’s work has seen a continuous rise in performances and recordings by a new generation of musicians and multimedia artists, as well as by symposia and publications. Moreover, access to the Xenakis Archives has helped to advance new research even further. We can thus refer to a broad field of Xenakis Studies that is increasingly in dialogue with fields such as…

Call for Papers: “Learning Places”. TechNetEMPIRE International Conference

Docomomo International would like to share the call for papers “Learning Places”, for the TechNetEMPIRE International Conference, which will be held on 3rd and 4th February 2022, in a hybrid format, in Lisbon and Zoom. This event aims at tackling the possibility of a comparative view on how, when and where learning institutions of technical and scientific knowledge were organized across empires. By comparing different case studies in fields of knowledge and transformation of the built environment – military engineering, cartography, among others – the goal is to establish a comparative frame of the political-scientific enterprise of empires, across geographies…

Call for Papers: “Transitions of Memory. Narratives of Violence in the 20th and 21th Centuries”. Fossoli Foundation International Conference

Docomomo International would like to share the call for papers “Transitions of Memory. Narratives of Violence in the 20th and 21th Centuries”, for the International Conference organized by the Fossoli Foundation Study Centre, which will be held in 4-15 October, 2021, Italy. “Transitions of memory continues the activities of the Fossoli Foundation Study Centre along the lines of the previous Sites of Transit in Europe from WWII to the present. History, Spaces, Memories (2018) from which was taken the volume Camps of Transit, Sites of Memory. Past, Present, Perspectives about to be published by Peter Lang as part of the…

Call for Papers: “Beyond the Institution: Transforming the Learning Environment in Architectural Education.” GAM Magazine

Docomomo International is please to share the call for papers “Beyond the Institution: Transforming the Learning Environment in Architectural Education” for the next issue of Graz Architecture Magazine, (GAM.18). “GAM.18 is interested in expressions of architecture education that critically integrate into their practice the spaces and institutions in which this teaching takes place. The actual form—be it more radical pedagogy like collaborative learning forms, peer-to-peer methods, outdoor learning such as design-build approaches, nomadic courses, or transdisciplinary types of work—takes a back seat to the question of how the transition from an understanding of teaching to an understanding of learning takes…